Usually rabbits become mature and suitable for breeding purpose within their 5 to 6 months of age. But don’t use the male rabbits for breeding purpose until they reach their first birthday. Doing this will ensure, quality young rabbits for commercial production. Always try to use healthy rabbits with proper body weight for breeding. Never bred the females, if they are ill. Take special care to the...

How can we save the global shrimp industry from devastating diseases?
Dr Bill McGraw
Stable, biosecure, zero water-exchange aquaculture is the only remedy for repeated catastrophic loss from disease in the shrimp industry, according to Panama-based shrimp RAS expert Dr Bill McGraw.

Shrimp culture tends to now be developed intensively with upgraded technology for higher and successful production.In many occasions shrimp culture are affected by various diseases and experienced in loss of crop or reduced the production level by various reasons, writes Mr Prakash Chandra Behera, India.
Intensive and semi -intensive aqua farming accompanies several disease problems often due to...

Traditional vaccines can be time consuming to develop, which limits their usefulness in preventing the spread of newly emerging pathogens. Thanks to advances in fields such as genetics, immunology, and biotechnology, new methods for fish vaccines have emerged in recent years that can be developed and produced over much faster time frames. These methods include DNA vaccines, recombinant vaccines, and...

Best herd managment practices include the annual calving of cows. This means cattle owners should try to encourage cows to produce one baby calf per year. To have successful calving on your livestock farm, learn the basics of cattle breeding and herd management.

As winter weather swirls around the coop, keeping the flock hearty through the cold, dark days requires some extra effort. Chickens need support during this time of the year. Christine Heinrichs, backyard poultry keeper and author of How to Raise Chickens and How to Raise Poultry, gives her top tips.